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Verisign, which still encourages broad ccTLD filing programs as a form of brand protection, and also offers to renew brand owners’ existing portfolios for them, has not renewed NETSOL.CO.UK. (Verisign purchased and re-named Network Solutions, and still maintains netsol.com). The new owner has a sense of humor.  Thanks to Volokh for this.

If you enter…

Were I to file for TRADEMARK BLOG as a trademark, and if the PTO  were to refuse the application under Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1) on the grounds that TRADEMARK BLOG  merely describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose or use of the relevant goods/services, then I would proffer a copy of this article from…

Another pop-up lawsuit, this time brought by Weight Watchers regarding a competitor’s use of the WhenU online advertising service.   Via Newsday.

The pop-up, meta-tag and keyword lawsuits will define the boundary of “contextual” or “Targeted” marketing.  The Internet creates amazing opportunities for efficiently reaching a target market.  However problems arise when someone seeks to…

The most complete coverage of today’s Eldred hearing is at Copyfight, including an in-person account.  With due respect to this viewpoint, it seems that at least two rationales, the first being the harmonization with Europe argument, and the second being the fact that there have been previous copyright term extensions which would implicitly be…

Someone other than the country of New Zealand registered newzealand.biz.  The country of New Zealand, or more accurately, its monarch, Queen Elizabeth, brought a STOP proceeding.  Anyway, the panel goes through some tortured discussion as to whether it can be said that New Zelanad owns common law rights in NEW ZEALAND as a trademark, and…

I would imagine that the owners of DISCOUNTMARLBOROS.COM (see background here) would cite the BARGAINBEANIES.COM case (see background here).  Of course in both situations, the “Aftermarket” distributors were using the domain name to point to a site where they sold all their goods of different brands and not just those under the…